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Korean security agency commends agents for misinformation operation in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of State Security recently praised officials who successfully acquired funds for the agency through an operation involving the spread of false information in China, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Tuesday, a reporting partner in North Korea told Daily NK that the ministry recently conducted an operation to raise funds and expose leakers of information that involved spreading false information to informants working in China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry handed down commendations and rewards to those who produced outstanding results during the operation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[The <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">operation<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] involved releasing information as bait, tracking down the people who leaked the fake information, and then tracing the path that the leaked information took,\u201d <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the reporting partner said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThe <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awards and commendations were given out to the counter-espionage officials in the border areas and security and informants in China who rendered a great service to the agency by <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generating revenue throu<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gh sales of the fake documents during the operation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on the degree of the accomplishment, the Ministry of State Securit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">awarded <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">first-class<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> special promotions, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orders of the National Flag <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(2nd class, 3rd class), or <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">posthumous <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">medals for military service, along with gifts of rice and cooking oil.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, the Ministry of State Security highly praised the operation, saying it was carried out in precise compliance with the ministry\u2019s counter-espionage guidelines related to confusing state enemies through the use of fake materials and misinformation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe ministry ordered ideological investigations of the agents and informants based on their achievements in China and to replace agents who failed to achieve results,\u201d the reporting partner said. \u201cSome officials will likely be recalled.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In short, the Ministry of State Security ordered preparations to be made to prevent agents and informants in China who failed to achieve results from disobeying recall orders or disappearing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSecurity agents and intelligence officials based in China who have been engaged in surveilling defectors or disinformation activities have relationships with brokers and Chinese traders. The ministry has sent down orders to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closely monitor anyone who makes frequent contact with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">brokers or Chinese traders <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and to immediately report them as a spy if it becomes clear they have crossed over to the enemy\u2019s side.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the ministry ordered that potential escape routes be identified in advance and reported up the line given that people trying to escape could come under arrest by the Chinese police, the reporting partner said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSecurity agents and informants working undercover in China have participated in or are well aware of government-led sting operations, arrests, abductions, and detentions. I understand that the ministry has ordered that it is alright for these people to be shot on sight if they try to make a run for it.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by Rose Adams. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea and China. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20230502-1\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read in Korean<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of State Security recently praised officials who successfully acquired funds for the agency through an operation involving the spread of false information in China, Daily NK has learned. 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